فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
Tensions between France and Algeria have escalated after Paris issued a stern warning to Algeria, describing its refusal to take back its citizens deported from French territory as “unacceptable”.
French authorities have hinted at taking retaliatory measures, including visa restrictions, against the backdrop of a jihadist attack in the eastern French city of Mulhouse, carried out by an Algerian immigrant whose country refused to take him back.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou revealed that the perpetrator of the attack, which killed one person and injured five others, was an irregular immigrant who entered France in 2014, noting that Paris had approached Algeria ten times to repatriate him, but its request was rejected each time. This Algerian intransigence is “unacceptable,” Bayrou emphasized.
For his part, French Interior Minister Bruno Ritayo explained that the 37-year-old attacker had a history of weapons and extremism and had recently served a prison sentence for glorifying terrorism, adding that France is determined to take “firm decisions” to send a clear message to Algeria about the need to cooperate in the deportation file.
In light of this escalating tension, French government spokeswoman Sophie Prima announced that Paris is considering punitive measures, including reducing the granting of visas to Algerian citizens and targeting prominent figures related to the common interests between the two countries.
The Algerian issue is expected to be at the center of Wednesday’s migration control ministerial meeting, which was already scheduled for Wednesday but has now taken on a more sensitive dimension following the Mulhouse attack.
The question remains: Will Algeria respond to this French escalation, or will the crisis worsen to take on new political and economic dimensions?
Source : Fez News Media
